News – The Labour Party Senator Mark Wall calls for radical action on housing crisis The Labour Party will hold its annual Think In at the Glenroyal Hotel in Maynooth this Thursday and Friday (14th and 15th September). Speaking in advance of the Think In, Labour Kildare South Senator Mark Wall said Government must refocus…

News – The Labour Party Sherlock writes to Minister O’Brien asking him to intervene to resolve industrial dispute. With industrial action by Forsa staff members in local authorities across the country due to begin tomorrow, Monday 11th September, Labour workers’ rights spokesperson Marie Sherlock called on the responsible Minister, Darragh O’Brien to intervene to ensure…

News – The Labour Party North Inner City’s Community Safety Partnership Plan highlights many of the conditions needed for safer communities  No reference to Government resourcing calls implementation into question Senator Marie Sherlock, Labour representative in Dublin Central, said “The 52 page report rightly highlights many of the improvements needed to make the Inner City…

News – The Labour PartyIvana Bacik TD, Labour Leader and Chairperson of the Special Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality (which concluded in December 2022), endorses the call of the Equality Coalition, brought together today by the National Women’s Council, for the urgent publication of the referendum wording and clarity on the timeline for the vote…

News – The Labour PartyThe Northern Ireland Legacy Bill, which was passed by the UK Parliament today, will replace current methods of criminal and civil investigations and inquests with inquiries carried out by a new investigative body, which has the power to offer conditional amnesties for perpetrators. Deputy Bacik said “The relatives of survivors groups…

News – The Labour PartySpeaking this morning to launch the publication by the Mercy Law Centre of a report on social housing, domestic violence and the public sector duty, Ivana Bacik TD commended the work of the Centre, and said that:   “In Ireland today we continue to see an intolerable level of violence committed…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Leader Ivana Bacik TD has called for more urgency in Ireland’s national response to the climate emergency, following the warning by independent experts to the Government that it must do more to deliver on its Programme for Government climate commitments.   Deputy Bacik said: “The Government’s climate performance is still…

News – The Labour PartyLabour Senator Annie Hoey has backed the call of the President of UCC for more state funding of student accommodation in Budget 2024. The Labour spokesperson on further and higher education has campaigned over many years for increased public investment in student housing to tackle the annual crisis, calling just 12…